| Sales of old
rectories and vicarages have continued unabated for more
than sixty years, with the result that the historic
parsonage still in church use is now a seriously
endangered species. But rectories and vicarages are part
of our ecclesiastical heritage, just as much as
churches, and they are also major resources both for
church and community. They are focal points for parish
life in a way that newer houses cannot be.
The economic argument for retaining
historic parsonages is equally strong. Sales bring
short-term gains but long-term losses.
Clergy and parishioners alike
regularly find themselves linked in opposition to
ill-advised sales by remote diocesan representatives. We
offer an advice service and we give individual attention
and encouragement to those resisting sales of
parsonages. But we can only do so with your support.
We need your annual membership
subscription of £15. Payment by Standing Order (see
below) greatly helps our administration and postage
costs.
Write to Anthony Jennings at Flat
Z,12-18 Bloomsbury Street,London WC1B 3QA.
(e-mail: ajsjennings@hotmail.com) |
|
Please make cheques payable to:
SAVE OUR PARSONAGES
Name............................................................
Address........................................................
.......................................................................
.......................................................................
I
enclose £15 subscription (Theological
Student £5)
I
enclose donation of...................................
Total.................................
Please send a leaflet to:
Name............................................................
Address........................................................
.......................................................................
.......................................................................
Email
Address.............................................
(Theological
Student: Name of College or Course:
......................................................................)
Or please complete and return to us the
Standing Order form:
|
Standing Order Instruction
To:.............................................................. Bank plc
....................................................................
....................................................................
Sort
Code..................................................
Account No................................................
Please debit my above
account with the sum
of............................on the..............day
of................................
And on the same date in
each succeeding
year until further notice and credit the same to:
Lloyds Bank plc
Sudbury
Suffolk CO10
Sort Code:
30-98-31
Account No.:
00586187
(Account: Save Our
Parsonages, Flat Z,
12-18 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B
3QA)
Signed........................................................
Name..........................................................
Address......................................................
.....................................................................
.....................................................................
Email
Address...........................................
|
